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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 25 February, the Avishkar Hyperloop student team from IIT-Madras and the railway ministry along with ArcelorMittal, Hindalco and Larsen & Toubro unveiled the Hyperloop test track. Once commissioned, it could cut Delhi-Jaipur travel (250km) to 30 minutes compared with 1 hour by air and 4–5 hours by road.

Varun Chakravarthy on Sunday became a «good headache» for India ahead of their Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia after his match-winning five-wicket haul against New Zealand, said captain Rohit Sharma. Mystery spinner Chakravarthy returned figures of 5-42 in Dubai to help India beat New Zealand in their last group match of the 50-over tournament. His recent 14 wickets in a 4-1 T20 series win over England at home got Chakravarthy back into the India reckoning in the white-ball formats and he was a last-minute addition to the Champions Trophy squad.

Pakistan cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has urged international cricket boards to boycott the Indian Premier League (IPL) in response to the ongoing Champions Trophy venue controversy, echoing concerns raised by Saqlain Mushtaq. Earlier, former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq also criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the ongoing Champions Trophy venue controversy, in which the India Team has been playing all its matches in Dubai in a hybrid mode after it refused to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns. The dispute gainted traction after former English player and cricket experts Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton highlighted that India gained an 'undeniable' advantage by playing all their matches at a single venue in Dubai.

ICC Academy on Sunday afternoon with the focus firmly on their play against spin. While senior pros like Steve Smith and Travis Head had a light hit, the youngsters went full throttle. The Australian team opted for seven ICC academy based net bowlers — all spinners including slow left-arm orthodox Harshit Seth, a 20 year old UAE player, besides two left arm Chinaman bowlers, as many off-spinners and a leg-spinner. Australia finished second in Group B behind South Africa and both teams are camping in the UAE, waiting to know who their opponents will be in the semifinals.

Shreyas Iyer and a fiery cameo by Hardik Pandya towards the end powered India to a solid total of 249/9 on a tough Dubai wicket during their ICC Champions Trophy final group stage match on Sunday. After India collapsed to 30/3, the middle order held the innings together for India. India needs to defend 250 runs to end the group stage with three wins in three matches. After NZ won the toss and elected to bowl first, India was dealt an early setback, as Shubman Gill was trapped leg before wicket by Matt Henry for just two in seven balls. India was 15/1 in 2.5 overs.

Delhi and Udaipur. This being part of the ‘Golden Triangle’, the plane usually had a fair number of tourists, many from France. Seated somewhere near on the plane, I would hear them catalog the ways in which “this could be such a great place if only…”. In French, of course, oblivious to the possibility that anyone around would understand. While I seethed, my nationalist instincts primed. I wanted to ask them how much they paid for their room in a haveli near the lake, and three square meals among the bougainvilleas? Where else could they buy so much beauty so cheap? All that came back to me with the recent stories in the Economist and Le Monde on why India does so badly on tourism: India gets about 10 million foreign tourists a year, while France, a tenth in area and less than a twentieth in population, gets 100 million. France has the Mona Lisa, but we have the Taj Mahal. France is easy for European tourists but we are next to China, the biggest spender in the world on international tourism.

For India, Virat Kohli is set to make his 300th ODI appearance, and he will be eager to make a mark after his match-winning century against Pakistan. Shubman Gill currently leads India’s batting charts in the tournament with 147 runs, while Mohammed Shami has been the standout bowler with five wickets to his name. On the New Zealand side, Tom Latham is leading the run-scoring charts with 173 runs, supported by Rachin Ravindra and Will Young. The Kiwi bowling unit, led by Michael Bracewell and William O'Rourke, has also been effective, each picking up five wickets in the tournament.

India will aim to go into knockouts unbeaten when they face New Zealand in the final group encounter at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai today. Both India and New Zealand have qualified for the semifinals from Group B while Australia and South Africa have made it through from Group B.

India’s cricketers, however, can’t wait to get back on the field. For starters, they all spend enough time in Dubai so there’s little allure. But, more importantly, it would have been a week since their win against Pakistan when India take on New Zealand in their final group stage match of the Champions Trophy. The result of the match itself is of little consequence.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the third gallery at Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai, you walk into a dimly-lit room with five suspended microphones. Instead of being listening devices, these mics have been transformed into speakers reciting poetry from across time and space—Hum Dekhenge by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, which has become a protest anthem in some Indian universities, a martyr’s song in Gondi, and a rendition of text by Nigerian poet-environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

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India's «undeniable» advantage of playing all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai, while the other seven teams have to shuttle between three venues in Pakistan, and the UAE.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In what is being described as the largest ever theft of cryptocurrency, Ethereum worth $1.5 billion was stolen by hackers from Dubai-based exchange Bybit last week. This exceeds the previous reported record of $620 million of Ethereum and USD Coin stolen from Ronin Network in 2022.

electric aircraft startup ePlane Company has announced a strategic collaboration with Dubai-based Empire Aviation Group to integrate business aviation solutions and take ePlane’s aircrafts international. The collaboration aims to fast-track the deployment of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) air-taxis and air-ambulances across India, UAE, Thailand, and Indonesia, the startup said.

Virat Kohli rose again against Pakistan, brought up his 51st One-Day International (ODI) century and ticked past 14,000 runs in the format as India clinically overwhelmed Pakistan at the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy in Dubai.

Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Following Kohli’s century which marked India’s win, Mahindra Group’s chairman shared his appreciation for the cricketer on X.